Famous Quotes | Grief that is dazed and...

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it. - Jean De La Bruyère
Attribution: Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696), French writer, moralist. “Of Women,” aph. 79, Characters (1688).

Categories: Bereavement, Moralist, Writer

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